2023-11-19 09:15:42
Previously, the festive repertoire was more diverse.
Now, on New Year’s Eve, all channels show only one symbolic Soviet film, “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!” In the recent past, every year there was something new and interesting on the silver screen.
For example, in 1966 they showed “Green Light”. The film was kind, naive and touching. True, it had nothing to do with the New Year. In the story, the guy bought an old Moskvich and got a job as a taxi driver. He spent almost the entire film traveling around Moscow and meeting interesting people. The movie is light and pleasant, but, as young people say now, it’s completely “off topic.” Much more appropriate would have been, for example, “Carnival Night” or “Girls,” although the latter also had a very indirect relation to the New Year.
In 1967, the film “Three Poplars on Ivy” was shown. Past the cash register once more. But the showrunners were justified by one weighty argument: it was a premiere, so the audience at least saw the movie for the first time.
In 1969, the masters of the silver screen finally corrected themselves and showed as many as two episodes of “New Year’s Abduction.” “New Year’s Abduction” is an undeservedly forgotten concert film today. If you don’t have enough holiday spirit, then the film is definitely worth watching. The plot, of course, is simple, but the cast is extremely amazing. The film featured Rina Zelenaya, Andrei Mironov, Muslim Magomaev, Klara Luchko, Georgy Vitsin, and even Mikhail Pugovkin. And these are not all the stars who played in the New Year’s two-part story.
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